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Marcums 
Pamphlet of 
Useful a: 
Information 



CONTAINING 



Receipts, Together with Plain and 
S1MP1.E Instructions for Making 



-* AND Using Three Valuable 



Compounds, 



AS FOLLOWS: 



TI16 Marv6lous WasDlno Fluid, 

Ttie Brilliant Gieansina and 
FolisliinQ Soiution and 
THe Peari Toilet Jellu. 



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These truly wonderful compounds 
work like a charm and are easily 
made by anyone, as the directions 
for making and using are very plain 
and simple. These compounds are 
perfectly safe and harmless, and of 
great value to any family. 

PROPRIETO 

Kfeinsas City, NIo. 

Copyrighted 1896, by Wm. H. H. Marcum. 
All Rights Reserved, 



PECK A CLARK. PRINTERS, 921.23 WALNUT ST. 



PREFACE. 



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Knlered according to Act of Congress in the yenv 1S96. 
bj' Wm. H. H. Makcum. 



ALL RICHTS RESERVED. 



I, the undersigned and proprietor of this 
pamphlet will say that I have spent much 
time in experimenting, compounding and 
re-compounding and testing, until I have 
succeeded in getting the proper proportions 
of ingredients for making the three valuable 
Compounds which is specified and explained 
in this pamphlet. My principle object is to pre- 
sent to the people receipts and plain instruc- 
tions for making and using three ver}' valuable 
Compounds of almost every da}^ use, and at the 
same time being perfectly safe and harmless, 
I have also endeavored to give directions for 
making and using said Compounds so very 
plain and simple that any family can quickh^ 
mix their own Compounds ready for use, and 
I claim that the contents of this small pamph- 
let is of far greater value to any family than 
man}' books would be that contain from four 
to six hundred pages. This pamphlet, how- 
ever, has been copyrighted by the govern- 
ment and is thorough h' protected, no one 
being lawfully allowed to print or sell same 
except myself or authorized agents. 

Wm. H. H. MARCIIM, 

Kansas Citv, Mo. 



I wish to call your attention to the fact 
that this valuable little pamphlet is copy- 
righted and protected by the government; no 
one being lawfully allowed to print or have 
printed, or to sell or offer for sale this pamph- 
let, except myself or my authorized agents; 
and for your benefit I would ask you to read 
its entire contents — yes every page and every 
line — and you will then know that you are in 
possession of a work of actual value, and will 
highly appreciate its worth. When you pur- 
chase the receipts and instructions for making 
and using Marcums three Compounds for 
your own family use, you sign an agreement 
of legal form not to divulge, make known or 
cause to be made known, etc. ; and you under- 
stand when you sign said agreement that you 
buy receipts together with plain and simple 
instructions for making and using Marcum's 
three valuable Compounds for your own 
special use, as follows: 

The MarvkIvOus Washing Fi.uid, 

The Brilliant Cleansing and 
Polishing Solution and 

The Pearl Toilet Jellv. 

Always have a place to keep your pamph- 
let secure, and do not carelessly let it lay 
around loose under the observation of others. 
Some people imagine because they ask their 
druggist and bu}^ certain ingredients that they 
have give the secret away and that everybody 
knows all about it, but this is all imagination. 
When you go to the drug store you do not 
take your pamphlet which contains instruc- 
tions for making and using, but you know 
what you want and onl}^ bu)^ the ingredients, 
and even if your neighbors had the receipts, 
and had no instructions for making or no 
directions for using, the receipts would be 
useless to them. 

Do not neglect to read the rules of meas- 
urement on the last page of this pamphlet, as 
it is much to vour own interest to do so. 



HOW TO MAKE AND USE THE MARVEL^ 
OUS WASHING FLUID, 



RECEIPT FOR MAKING, 

1^2 gallons of clear, soft water. Place on 
stove and add one pound Sal Soda. Heat 
and stir from three to four minutes, or until 
all the Sal Soda has dissolved. Then take 
off and add while yet hot, two ounces Refined 
Borax, one ounce Salt of Tarter and a half 
ounce Muriate Ammonia. Stir until all is 
dissolved; let settle, and when cool or nearly 
so, pour off the clear fluid into a stone jug or 
large bottle, and it is read}^ for use. Keep 
corked when not in use. 



DIRECTIONS FOR USE, 

Soak your white clothes over night in clear, 
cold water, or 3^ou can soak your clothes one- 
half hour in water moderately hot with equal 
success, but in either case it is best to slice in 
a little soap which makes the water a suds; 
now you have two ways of soaking 3'our 
clothes, one over night in cold water, and the 
other half-hour in warm water, so take your 
choice of modes; but remember in soaking 
your clothes either process, you first add an 
ordinary size glass tumbler full of the Mar- 
velous Washing Fluid to the water in which 
you soak them. Now have the wash boiler 
over half- full of water, and when moderately 
hot, add another glass of the Fluid to the 
water in the boiler, then take your clothes 
out of soak and soap the wrist-bands and 
other dirty and soiled spots. Place them in 
a boiler and boil from ten to fifteen minutes; 
then take them out and rub slightl}- through 
one suds onl}", then rinse out well in the blue- 



iiig- water and your washing is fully accom- 
plished. If you should have more than one 
boiler of clothes, add a little more of the Fluid, 
also by adding half a glass of this Marvelous 
Fluid to the tub of suds ; 3'ou can then 
soak your woolen goods and calicos in the 
same suds in which you washed your white 
clothes. Always wash woolen goods before 
you do calicos, and if you add a little of this 
Fluid to hot scrub water, it renders the scrub- 
bing very eas}" and leaves the floor perfectly 
clean and white. 

TJiis truly wcmderfid Fluid costs but a trifle, 
only a few cents per gallon, and the ingredi- 
ents can readily be obtained at an}^ drug store, 
and one gallon of this Fuid is a sufficient 
amount to fully complete several washings, 
and is worth several dollars per year to any 
family, as a washing can be done in much 
less than half the usual time, thus saving 
time, labor, s:)ap and Fuel; besides it is per- 
fectly safe and harmless to clothes, health 
and hands. It leaves the clothes perfectlv 
clean and snow^ white, and the hands white 
and soft. It works to perfection and does all 
that is claimed for it; in fact, this Marvelous 
Washing Fluid cannot be too highly recom- 
mended; it is worthy of much praise, and I 
challenge the w^orld to produce its equal. 



Next comes the Brilliant Cleansing 
and Polishing Solution which is so easily 
andquickh' made at home and at such a trifling 
expense, and is good for so many labor- saving 
purposes that no lady can afford to be deprived 
of its use. It will cleanse and polish every 
kind of metal and ware that requires a bril- 



liaiit lustre. Such as silver and silver plated 
ware, knives, forks, table and teaspoons, cas- 
tors, etc. , also for all kinds of tinware, window 
glass, mirrors, etc. 

This wonderful and valuable Solution is 
also excellent for cleaning wood, such as 
kitchen tables, window sills, door and window 
casings, chairs, and map boards, etc., it re- 
moves all grease and dirt, thus leaving the 
wood clean and white. 



RECEIPT AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAK. 

ING AND USING THE BRILLIANT 

CLEANSING AND POLISH^ 

ING SOLUTION, 



Put in a pan or some othes suitable vessel 
one quart of clear, soft water, and place on 
stove. Then take ivor}' soap or some other 
white bar soap; cut the soa}' up ver}- fine, and 
put a tablespoon even full of this fine cut soap 
in the water and dissolve b}^ heating and 
stirring, and when the soap is all dissolved, 
take off and add four ounces of the Marvelous 
Wa.shing Fluid and one-quarter of an ounce 
of Purified Salt Peter, stir two or three 
minutes, and last, when cool, or nearh^ so, 
add two ounces iVqua Ammonia, and it is 
readv for use. Pour in large bottles for future 
use. Keep corked when not in use. 

You now have over one quart of the Bril- 
liant Cleansing and Polishing Solution at a 
trifling cost of only about ten cents, and per- 
haps less. 

Do not put in over an even tablespoonful 
of the fine cut up soap, as I have alread}' 
directed in receipt, as it would make the 
solution too thick. 



DIRECTIONS FOR USE. 



To cleanse and polish all kinds of silver 
and plated ware, tin, glass, etc., you buy at 
a drug store five cents worth of best quality 
of Whiting, which will last you a long time. 
Put a spoonful or so of the Whiting in a small 
dish, add a little of the Solution to it, and stir 
to the consistency of a paste; apply to the ware 
with a fine woolen rag by rubbing briskly; 
then polish with a soft cotton rag, and you 
will quickly see that your articles will look 
as brilliant and bright as when new. 

For cleaning kitchen tables and all kinds 
of wood, you add a little of the solution to the 
suds in which you are scrubbing them with, 
which makes quick work and leaves all clean 
and nice. Use it once and you will think 
you could not do without it, and if you add 
one or two tablespoonfuls of this valuable 
Solution to the water in which you wash your 
dishes, it will render your washing surpris- 
ingly eas3^ It leaves yourdishware perfectly 
clean, and 3'our glassware as clear as cr3^stal, 
without even a speck or dinge spot left; and 
last, it makes quick and easy work in wash- 
ing greasy articles, such as pots, skillets, 
frying pans, etc. 

This Solution is also splendid for lamp 
chimneys; all ladies appreciate clear lamp 
flues. This valuable cleansing solution will 
do all, and even more than is claimed for it. 

If you are out of the Cleansing Solution, 
add one-fourth of a glass of the Marvelous 
Washing Fluid in your dish water, as it also 
works excellent to make dish washing easy 
and costs so little. 



Take 1113- advice and do not neglect, but 
go to your drug store and get tlie ingredients 
then go home and make the three Compounds, 
which will take but a few minutes, and after 
you have used a little of each, you will be so 
well pleased that you will know how to ap- 
preciate the real and true value of this pamph- 
let of receipts and instructions for making 
and using the three wonderful and useful 
Compounds. Persons who pay their money 
and get the pamphlet in their possession, but 
never test it, will always contend and claim 
that they have been swindled, but ni}^ advice 
is to everybody never to condemn an3^thing 
until you have tested it and know just what 
it will do, and then give it the praise it 
deserves, besides this would be justice both 
to yourself and pamphlet of Compounds. 



THE PEARL TOILET JELLY, 



RECEIPT FOP MAKING, 

1J/2 pints of clear soft water, then take 2j4 
ounces ivory soap cut in ver}^ thin slices, and 
dissolve the soap in the w^ater by heating and 
stirring, It will take some minutes stirring 
before the soap all dissolves, then take off and 
add while yet hot one ounce of the Marvelous 
Washing Fluid, half ounce Glycerine, and 
one-quarter ounce Salt of Tarter: one-quarter 
ounce Refined Borax. Stir two or three min- 
utes and it is complete; and if you have no 
way to weigh ounces or fractional parts thereof, 
do not neglect to read rules of measurement 
on last page of this pamphlet. 



Now you have your Toilet Jelly made and 
for convenience for future UvSe, pour the 
Compound while yet warm into a large mouth 
fruit jar with screw top, or some suitable vessel 
with a large mouth that can be kept corked 
when not in use. Let the mixture stand until it 
gets perfectly cool, and you will find that you 
have nearly one quart of pure, white Toilet 
Jelly for future use and at a trifling cost of 
only a few cents. 

The ivory soap is well known and con- 
tains pure materials only. All grocer}^ mer- 
chants deal in it, and it comes in five and ten 
cent cakes. A five cent cake of ivorj^ soap 
weighs about five ounces, consequently you 
slice up just half of a five cent cake of ivory 
soap for this mixture of Toilet Jelly, but if 
you cannot get the ivory soap, take two and 
one-half ounces of some nice toilet or shaving- 
soap. Grocery stores sometimes handle toilet 
soaps, but all drug stores keep it. Ask your 
druggist for a toilet or shaving soap that 
lathers well, as it will be best. 

This Pearl Toilet Jelly will shampoo, and 
is safe and harmless. It will remove all grease, 
dirt and dandruff, and leaves the scalp clean 
white and healthy, and the hair soft and 
gloss}^; and for ladies it renders the bangs 
surprisingh^ easy to curl, which is as a general 
rule highl}^ appreciated b}' the ladies, and to 
use the Toilet Jelly on the hands as soap, it 
removes sun-tan, fruit-stains, etc., leaving 
the hands soft and white; and for the face, it 
is perfectly safe, and will remove tan, freckles, 
and greatly beautifies the complexion, and if 
ladies would use this harmless Toilet Jelh' in 
place of soap in washing the hands and face, 
it would be much better for them, as it cOvSts 
but a trifle and is full}^ guaranteed to do and 
a*_t just as represented. 



DIRECTIONS FOR USING THE PEARL 
TOILET JELLY. 



When mixed properly according to direc- 
tions, this Compound forms a thick, white 
jelly; and in washing the hands and face 3^011 
place a little jelly in the palm of your hand 
and rub thoroughly all over both hands, and 
wash in water the same as 3'ou would with 
soap, and for shampooing the head, you place 
a teaspoonful or so of the Jelly in j^our hand, 
and with both hands you rub it all over the 
head and through the hair, and rub briskly 
with the tips of your fingers until it forms a 
nice lather. Occasionally dip your hand in 
water and continue to wash; and last, rinse 
the head with clear water and dry with a 
coarse towel. This truly valuable Toilet 
Jelly not only removes all greasy substances, 
dirt and dandruff, but if you have any scalp 
disease, such as humor, itching, etc., the use 
of this Jelly in shampooing is sure to cure it. 
Nearl}^ every ingredient that it takes to make 
the three Compounds are used and highly 
recommended by physicians for the treatment 
and cure of cutaneous diseases of the skin, 
consequently these compounds are not only 
safe and harmless, but good for you to use. 

If you wish to make more than the receipts 
call for, of either of the three Compounds, 
just double the quantity of ingredients, and 
you will have just twice as much of each 
mixture. 




I wish to say for the benefit of all wliobuj^ 
this valuable pamphlet and live in or near 
Kansas City, that I have made satisfactory 
arrangements with the Diamond Drug Store, 
No. 904 Main Street, Kansas Cit}^ Mo., to 
furnish the ingredients at the following rates, 
and wall say that this drug store is strictly a 
first-class and reliable place: 

Refined Borax, 4 ounces for 5c. , or per 

pound, - - - - 15 cents 

Salt of Tarter, 2 ounces for 5c. , or per 

pound, - - - - 20 cents 

Purified Salt Peter, 2 ounces for 5c. , or 

per pound, - - - 25 cents 

Granulated Muriate Ammonia, 2 ounces 

for 5c., or per pound, - - 25 cents 
Sal Soda, per pound 5c. , or 3 pounds, 10 cents 
Aqua Ammonia Water, 4 ounces for 

5c., or per pound, - - 20 cents 
Glycerine, per ounce, - - 5 cents 

At the price quoted on Aqua Ammonia and 
Glycerine, you are supposed to furnish your 
own bottles; the l^alance of the ingredients eith- 
er come in granulated powdered or lump form, 
and as everybody know\s it takes sixteen ounces 
to make a pound, so you can quickh' see it will 
be the cheapest for you in the long run to 
bu}^ the ingredients b}^ the pound, especially- 
Salt of Tarter and Refined Borax, but as it 
requires so much less of the Salt Peter and 
Muriaie of Ammonia, one-half pound of each 
would last you for many months, and in this' 
way you have a full supph^ of all for future 
mixtures, and if left open exposed to the air, 
they W'ill loose much of their strength, so it 
is well for me to recommend you to keep such 
ingredients as Salt of Tarter, Refined Borax, 
Purified Salt Peter and Muriate of Ammonia 
in bottles corked; air-tight large mouth bottles 
are best, as it is much easier to get the in- 



gredients out, and if you have not got large 
mouth bottles, any kind of vessels or jars v^n\\ 
do; empty baking powder or other cans that 
have lids that fit tight is good. Always label 
each bottle, jar or can with the name of the 
ingredient, so you will make no mistake when 
you get ready to make your Compounds. 

I also wish to say for the benefit of people 
living in small towns remote from large cities, 
and under such circumstances if you think 
your home druggist charges you more than 
he should, and in such case I will say that 
when you goon business or trading, to almost 
an}' town of considerable size you will find 
that any first-class druggist will sell 3'ou the 
ingredients needed, at about the same price 
as I have quoted in Kansas City, nearh' as 
cheap, if not quite. All such ingredients as 
Muriate Ammonia, Salt Peter, Borax (Gran- 
ulated or in Powdered form is the best), and 
all druggists aim to keep it in stock, but 
should your druggist happen to be out of it; 
and in this case, lump form will answer, but 
is not so good. 



READ RULES OF MEASUREMENT. 



In ni}^ receipts I have quoted weights in 
the regular way, i oz., 2 ozs. , }4 oz., j{ oz., 
etc. ; but there will be hundreds of families 
who will bu3^ the receipts and instructions for 
making and using these valuable Compounds, 
and will have no wa}^ of weighing one or two 
ounces or fractional parts thereof, and for 
3'our benefit and convenience, I will say that 
Refined Borax or Salt of Tarter one heaping 
tablespoonful is about equal to one ounce, and 
one even tablespoonful of Muriate Ammonia 
is equal to half ounce, and one even teaspoonful 
of Purified Salt Peter, Salt of Tarter, or Refined 
Borax is equal to. a quarter of an ounce of 
either, and if you have no wa}' to weigh, the 
above quoted quantities by measurement will 
be sufficiently accurate. And in liquid meas- 
ure, one tablespoonful makes a half ounce. 
Then for instance you want to put two ounces 
of Aqua Ammonia in your Cleansing and 
Polishing vSolution, four tablespoonfuls would 
be equivalent to two ounces, or j^ou could 
keep an empt}' two ounce bottle for that pur- 
pose. Half ounce of Glycerine for your Pearl 
Toilet Jelly would be one tablespoonful, and 
should you happen to put in a little more of 
either of the ingredients, it does not matter, 
as they are all perfectly harmless and good 
for the skin. 



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